This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- If the room was kept in complete darkness except when not being used, the light traps might alert you to adult stage dermestid activity and would likely keep some larval food sources (like stink bugs, etc.) in check.
As an anecdote, I used electric light traps in a storage room that housed dried flowers (heavily infested with Plodia interpunctella). The room was left in near total darkness for several weeks and the glue trap on the ILT caught only two or three moths. On the day of inspection, adjacent walls were peppered with adult specimens and pheromone trap placements were full, so they were definitely active enough to have been caught in the light trap had they been so inclined. Visual inspection/cold treatment of the individual plastic storage bins yielded better results. I think light traps have a limited capacity for use in early detection, especially battery powered units that may not be as bright. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sidsel Marie Willemann Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [pestlist] RE: battery-powered insect trap This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- I appreciate your answer. What I meant, though, was an ordinary light trap (for flying insects). Like those with electrical grilles and a drawer to collect the insects or with sticky changeable glue sheets in the back. But with batteries instead of a cord. Battery-powered would be preferred, to avoid too many electrical installations in the storage rooms. It is possible to find battery-powered insect traps for field work, but I'm not convinced that these will be sufficient and powerful enough for monitoring storage rooms over time (together with inspections and glue traps with and without pheromone). Any experience? Sidsel From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jones, Robert (Ryan) Sent: 23. oktober 2013 15:38 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [pestlist] RE: battery-powered insect trap This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Battery powered as in sound wave prevention? These, in my opinion, are a waste of money. Better to use standard sticky traps, routine inspections and targeted pheromone trap placements to monitor for infestations. The glow-stick light traps might be minimally effective in picking up adult carpet beetle activity, but would be ineffective for monitoring clothes moths. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sidsel Marie Willemann Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:09 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [pestlist] battery-powered insect trap This is a message from the Museumpests List. To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe please look at the footer of this email. ----------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone, I would like to ask, if someone is familiar with any kind of battery-powered insect trap - that is suitable for use 24/7 in storage rooms (as part of monitoring)? Thank you. 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